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Why environmentalists need tax justice
If you care about our environment then you need to care about tax. Here’s why.
Climate-themed show recommendations for Edinburgh Fringe 2026
Here are the climate shows we’ll be booking tickets for at the Edinburgh festivals this year.
The secondhand clothing conundrum
With costs soaring for everyone except the companies churning out fast fashion, it’s time to change the way second-hand clothes are managed for good.
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Divestment: the Mercer report, and why it matters
In 2015, Mercer published a highly influential 100 page report that changed the way investors understand climate change.
St. Andrews are speeding towards being 100% fossil free
Scotland’s third wealthiest university at St. Andrews in Fife have announced they no longer hold any investments in fossil fuel companies. The University publishes a list of its investments annually,…
Scotland can ban fracking: Here’s how
Mary explains how Scotland can ban fracking
Let’s be climate leaders in 2017
Many people would rather forget 2016 and its catalogue of mistakes, disasters and deaths. The election of Trump poses a real threat to environmental progress and climate action. Richard looks ahead to a busy 2017 for climate campaigning and getting Scotland on the path to a fossil free future.
Meet the young Scot who is walking 3,100 miles across Europe
19-year-old Stefan Lee Goodwin is walking a mind-blowing 5,000 km (3,100 miles) from John O’Groats to the shores of Bulgaria’s Black Sea, and he’s raising money for charities, including Friends of the Earth Scotland, along the way!
Splashes of green amongst the gloom: This year’s environmental victories for Scotland
For many of us, 2016 seemed like a particularly tough year. It brought some major environmental setbacks, culminating in the election of a new US president with an extremely regressive environmental agenda. However, this year was not all doom and gloom for the environment…
Scottish conference on ‘How to Get a Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy’
Trades unions activists and environmentalists came together for a conference in Glasgow to discuss how a Just Transition could bring a new, clean, better balanced and more just economy. Pressure is on the Scottish Government to take a much more hands-on approach to both economic development and climate change plans.
Why is the Bank of England worried about climate change?
In the last few years the UK’s central bank has made a number of major contributions to the debate around climate change.
A third of Scottish Universities divest as Abertay and UWS join the party
Student campaigning organisation People & Planet published the results of their University League, confirming that two further Scottish universities have divested entirely from fossil fuels.
